Ford-Miller Special Race Car at the 1935 Indianapolis 500 Race
THF122953 / Ford-Miller Special Race Car at the 1935 Indianapolis 500 Race
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Artifact Overview
Race car builder Harry Miller and entrepreneur Preston Tucker convinced Ford Motor Company to sponsor ten Miller-designed cars at the 1935 Indianapolis 500. The front-wheel-drive racers used Ford V-8 engines under their streamlined bodies. Unfortunately, Miller did not have enough time to thoroughly test the cars and mechanical problems prevented all of them from finishing the race.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
30 May 1935
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.B.28179
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil on the back of the image:
1935 Miller-Ford V-8 Front / Drive "Indianapolis 500" Racer / 80% Ford components- 10 buillt- none finished / 1935 race-- all suffered steering shaft seizure / in hot bushing where attached to engine block /
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